Wind wing



A P. ROBINSON 2,017,324

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WIND WING Filed Oct. 5, 1929 5 Sheets-Sheet 4 F L M U M z n M :"2gmx/HIM @at E5, i935. Al P. ROBINSON WIND WING 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 Filedot. 3, 1929 -fil Patented et. l5, 1935 WIND WING Albert P. Robinson,Seattle, Wash.

Application ctober 3,

9 Claims.

lVy invention relates to windows and to wind wings or deiiectors for usetherewith to protect one sitting cy open window from a draughttherethrough, is particularly designed ior use with automobile windows,more especially such windows as form a part of the usual iront doorconstruction.

The general object oi my invention is to provide a wind deilectorconstruction which is, in eiiect, built into the door frame, so that itis always available for use when required, and while my invention isnot, in its broadest aspect, limited to a deiiector which is always heldin place ready for use, and contemplates the possibility of applyingdeflectors to automobile structures by merely providing means iorsupporting the separable wings, unich are manually lted from a storagespace and put into place when the occasion demands, yet my inventionismore particularly directed to constructions wherein the deflector ismaintained in a storage chamber or space, ordinarily the same storagechamber as receives the ordinary drop window, and from which it may belifted conveniently and without delay upon suitable guide means, fromwhich latter it is non-detachable, into operative position.

Among the objects of my invention are to provide wind deflectors of thissort the several parts of which may be conveniently folded and droppedinto such a storage chamber, and conveniently removed therefrom andplaced in operative position; to provide means for retaining suchdeflectors in the inoperative or stored position, yet making theminstantly and conveniently available when required; to provide meansassociated with the deiiectors tor maintaining them in operativeposition braced outwardly from the car, yet with folding braces topermit their movement through a slot into the storage chamber; toprovide means for closing the slot-admitting to the storage space, bothwhen the deectors are in operative and in inoperative position; toprovide means for closing the gap between the upper and lower edges ofthe denector and the window opening, so that drafts and dust and rainmay not blow over and under the deflectors and thence into the car; andto provide means, in some forms, whereby the deflectors may be moved atwill into and from the same slot as receives the usual window glass, thelatter being displaced at such times to permit the deflector to movetherethrough.

Other objects, and particularly such as refer more particularly tostructural details, will be readily apparent from astudy of the drawingsat- 1929, Serial No. 396,996

tached to this specication, of this specification, and the claimsterminating the same.

My invention comprises the conception explained above in its broadestaspects, and in addition the various embodiments oi the same, as 5 shownin the accompanying drawings, described in this specification, and aswill be more particularly dened by the claims which terminate the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have illus- 10 trated various embodimentsof my invention, some suited to particular circumstances, and others todifferent circumstances.

Figure l is a general inside elevation of an automobile door, showing myinvention in operative 15 position, parts being broken away.

Figures 2 and 3 are, respectively, sections on the lines 2-2 and 3 3 ofFigure l.

Figure 4 is an elevation oi a modified form of my invention, the windowcasing being shown in 20 section.

Figure 5 is a section on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 4 of a further modication, andFigures 7 and 8 are sec- 25 tions on the respective lines l-'l and 8 3of Figure 6.

Figure 9 is a view similar to Figure 4, showing a further modication,and Figure l0 is a section thereof, on the line lliil of Figure 9.

Fig. l1 is a View similar to Figure 4 of another modification, andFigure l2 is a section therethrough on the line I22 of Figure 11.

Figure 13 is a detail section of the same construction, while Figure 14is a section on the line 35 14-14 of Figure l2.

Figure l5 is a View similar to Figure 4 oi another modiflcation, andFigures 16 and 1'7 are sections on the lines Iiii6 of Figure 15,illustrating this modication in two positions. Fig- 40 ure 18 is atransverse section on line l8-l8 of Figure 17.

Figure 19 is a View similar to Figure 1 of another modication, whileFigures 20 and 21 are sections on the respective lines Zvi- Bil and 2l-2I 45 of Figure 19.

I will proceed to describe my invention in connection with the ordinaryautomobile door and window construction, since it is with such aconstruction that my device will have the greatest 50 utility and widestapplication, but it must be kept in mind that it may be used, also, inconjunction with car windows and various other types of windows.

Wind deflectors are a great convenience upon 55 an automobile, allowingeither front window to be lowered for better vision, air, and forsignaling, without an intense draft upon the driver or persons upon therear seat. They can become a serious menace to safety, however, if theybecome coated with snow, ice, dirt, or rain, and especially at nightwhen the lights of approaching cars shine upon them, and by refractionthrough the rain drops or Volirt upon them, eiectually blind the driver.Yet there is no means, so far as I am aware, other than placing themedgewise to the cars forward movement, whereby they may be quickly movedfrom operative position, and this is a makeshift, since the alreadyobscured glass is only placed where it will not be greatly obscuredfurther, and is not removed from the field of vision of the driver. Suchconsiderations have prevented the more general adoption of thesedeiiectors, and by my invention I make it possible to overcome thesedisadvantages, and to have the deiiectors ready for instant movementinto or from position or use, without even the necessity of stopping thecar, in all ways analogous to the manner in which the car windows areraised or lowered.

In Figures 1, 2, and 3 is illustrated the simplest embodiment of myinvention, that in which it is adapted to the present type of windowconstruction, without change in the latter, the wind vane or deflectorbeing merely stored in an extra or separate pocket built into the insideof the car door. Thus, the door I is in effect a window casing, dening awindow opening I in the upper part of the door, and a storage chamber II in the lower portion of the door. Communication is had into thestorage chamber II through a slot I2 in the sill I2 of the windowopening' and through this slot ordinarily moves the window glass 2.Customarily this is guided in slots I4 at each side of the windowopening It?.

A Wind deiiector 3, usually of glass, is for protection ordinarilysupported in a U-shaped frame 30. Topermit of its storage within thechamber II of the ordinary automobile door now in use, I may provide anorening closed by a cover I5, and defined, if desired, by a partition I6upon the inside of the door below the sill I2.. This auX- iliary storagechamber Il is of a size to receive the r deflector 3, withoutinterference with the ordio nary window 2. The wind wing may be providedwith trunnions 3| and-32 at top and bottom, respectively, and sockets 33within the storage chamber Il receive these trunnions and hold thedeilector in position within the pocket I'I. Similar sockets 34 may beprovided at the top and bottom of the window opening I0 to receive thetrunnions and hold the delector in operative position. One of thesetrunnions, as 3|, may be slidable in a tube 30', formingV part of theframe n 30, and is backed by a spring 35. Abutton 36 protruding througha slot in the tube 30 (see Figure 1) enables the slidable trunnion 3| tobe withdrawn from its socket 34 for the insertion or removal of thedefiector.

To hold the deflector in operative position I employ some type of brace,but since it is also my object to close in the gap between the topandbottom of the delector and the sill of the window frame, I employ, bypreference, a stiif, substantially triangular vane 31, rigidly secured,as indicated at 38, to the top and bottom of the wing 3 or its frame 30,and provide suitable means, as indicated by the snap button 39, forsecuring the inner edges of these vanes to the window casing.

IThis prevents drafts, dirt, rain, etc., from being blown over or underthe edges of the deilector and into the car, and may be employed toadvantage even with deflectors which are permanently attached.

The device thus described may be tted into 5 doors of the constructionnow in common use, without undue alterations therein, the deector 3being stored within the pocket I'I when not required, and beingreleasable therefrom, and capable of being brought into operativeposition with 10 little or no diiiiculty, and in a short space of time.Likewise, it can be taken down and again stored away without loss oftime or trouble.

In Figures 4 and 5 I have illustrated a construction which is similar tothat already described, except that the deflector 3 is normally kept inthe same storage chamber I I as the ordinary window glass 2, beingdropped thereinto through an opening in the sill I2 of the windowcasing, this, in the present instance, being separate from the slot I2through which the window glass 2 is moved. This opening through whichthe deilector 3 is moved would be closed, ordinarily, at least when thedeflector is in inoperative position, by a cover I8.

In this form it is necessary to provide some type of guide whereon orwherein the wind deector or its frame 3 may be slidable. This isconveniently accomplished by providing a tube il, lying within thestorage chamber II, and slotted to permit movement of the defiector andits frame 3E and tube 3% therealong, this tube receiving and guiding thesleeve 30 of the deector, and serving as its lower journal or trunnionwhen the latter is in operative position. To hold the deilector ininoperative position, I may provide a dog lll, engaging within asuitable hole provided in the sleeve 33', and to release the same I mayprovide a trip iinger 4I on the lever 42 which carries the dog fill, thedog and finger 4I 40 being normally held in operative position by a.spring d3, and a rod et projects through the sleeve 3Q', and bearsagainst the trip finger 4I, so that when the rod is depressed, the triplinger being moved outwardly will cause disengagement 5 of the dog 4Ifrom its hole in the sleeve 30', permitting the sleeve and the defiector3 to rise slightly under the lnuence of a spring in the bottom of thetube 4, at least to a point where it may be grasped and drawn upwardinto operative position. The upper socket 34, receiving the trunnion 3|,is kept normally ush by means of a spring-pressed plate 34' (see Figure4).

The form shown in Figures 6, 7, and 8 is substantially that of Figures 4and 5, except that 55 the dog 69 is omitted, and Ythe cover I8', insteadof being integral with the frame 3D and swinging therewith, is hingedlysupported in the sill I2, being held in closed position by a suitablecatch I8, which retains the deflector 3 in the inopera- 80 tive orstored position against the upward pressure of the spring 35, but uponrelease of the catch i8 the cover I8 may swing aside and permit thedeilector to move upward sufficiently to be grasped and moved then intooperative position.

In Figures 9 and 10 the frame 30 of the deflector is guided for movementupon a rod 46, which extends from the top of the window opening i@ intothe storage chamber II, so that the 70 frame 3L* is guided thereon forvertical movement from operative position into fully inoperativeposition. To control this movement any suitable means may be provided,and I have shown a more or less conventional means, consisting of thecollar ill secured to the downwardly projecting end of the sleeve 30 toslide said sleeve upon the rod et, a link 4l pivotally supporting thecollar il from an arm 48, the latter being swingable by a pinion andquadrant 49 operable by a handle titl', such as is employed for raisingthe ordinary drop window 2 in an automobile. Various other suitablemeans of raising the wind wing might be employed. It should beparticularly noted that the rod i6 is received in a groove or recess inthe iront edge of the window opening, so that the iront edge of thedeflector 3 is substantially flush with or in Contact with the windowopening, and no draft can enter between them (see Fig.

Figures l1, 12, 13, and 14 illustrate a construction which does notdiffer greatly from those previously described, but one which includes ajoint intermediate the frame St and the rod 39'; This is preferably apiano hinge, and is indicated at This positively closes the gap betweenthe forward edge of the deflector 3 and the window opening. The rod 3ois in this instance guided in a slotted tube to', and is engaged by asuitable dog 5l pivoted at 52 and operable by a press-button 5 torelease the same, and to permit it to be projected upward, under theinfluence oi the spring d5, as heretoioredescribed. The catch 39', inthis instance, comprises a small lever which projects through andengages under the edges of the slot in the sill l2 through which thedelector 3 is extruded. It will be noted, also, that the vane 3l,generally triangular in shape, is of a size that it may close this slotto prevent the admission oi dirt thereinto when the deflector is inoperative position.

It may be desirable to utilize the same slot I2', through which thewindow extruded, to permit movement of the deflector 3, and anarrangement to this end is illustrated in Figures 15, 16, 17, and 18.Figure 16 illustrates the deflector in readiness to be moved through theslot i2', while Figure 17 illustrates it thus moved out and the windowglass 2 ready to be raised or lowered. According to this arrangement,the window glass may be moved up or down independently of the delector,and it is only necessary, in order to .permit movement of the deflectorthrough the slot I2', to lower the window glass and deflectit, or atleast its forward edge, so that it is out or line with the slot l2.

To accomplish this, the frame 2i?, which supports the window glass 2, iscaused to rest, in its lowermost position, within a notch 2l of a slide22, which can be engaged by the driver, and which is guided upon atransverse guide 23 within the storage chamber il. A second notch 2lireceives the defiector 3, and when in this position, as shown in Figure18, the window glass 2 and the deflector 3 may be moved to bring eitherone into registry with the slot i2. The oonstruction otherwise is or maybe the same as that already described, except that a second joint 53 maybe provided in addition to the joint 5B, as described in connection withFigures 11, 12, 13, and 14. This added joint gives greater freedom ofmovement to the deiiector 3, with respect to its vertical slide 'et'.

In Figures l19, 20, and 21 is illustrated a further arrangementpermitting movement ci the deflecior through the same slot l2 as thewindow glass 2. The frame Zd, at the forward edge at least, whichcarries the window glass 2, is provided with two or more pins 25receivable in a track 255 within the Window casing, each such trackterglass 2 normally is minating in its lower portion in a lateralextension El (see Figure 29), whereby, when the window glass is moved toits extreme lcwermost position, it, or at least its forward edge, willbe deflected laterally to move the window glass 2 5 bodily to one side.The delector 3, at such times,

is moved in the same direction as the window glass, under the iniuenceof a spring 55, or like member, until it comes into registry with theslot l2', when it may be raised by any suitable means. 10 Since variousmeans of raising the deiiecter have been heretofore described, it willnot be necessary to describe any specific means, at this time, forraising the same, but it may be noted, especially in Figure 19, that Ihave shown a cam slot 56, with which is engageable a suitable pin uponthe guide Sil', whereby the deflector may be caused to swing laterallyto one side when it reaches its lowermost position, and again laterallyfrom registry with the slot iii when it has reached its uppermostposition, the ends of the slot 55 being curved for this purpose.

I have omitted details of the window glass raising devices, it beingunderstood that any suitable means for raising the window glass 2 25 maybe employed. Such means, also, may be employed to raise the dei-'lectorand I consider these to be details of structure which are well withinthe capabilities of a mechanic who is installing such a device, or thedesigner 30 who is arranging it within a oar door. I also consider thatvarious modications of detail may be made within the scope ci myinvention, which is concerned with the conception of which these variousembodiments are illustrations.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. A wind deflector for automobile windows comprising a delecting plateadapted to be hinged along one side edge, and a vane hinged 40 along anend edge to swing against the face of the deilector plate and to projectaway therefrom, said vane being provided with means for securement to adoor member when so projected.

2. A wind deflector for automobile windows comprising a delecting wing,means associated therewith for supporting the same in outwardly inclinedposition at the front edge of the window opening, and a vane shaped tosubstantially ll the angle between the wing and the sill, and supportedupon the horizontal edge of the wing to move into the plane of the wingand away therefrom, and said vane having means for securement to thedoor when moved away from the wing.

3. In combination with a window casing having a slotted sill and astorage chamber therebeneath, a window glass slidable through the sillfrom said storage chamber into the window opening, a wind deflectormovable upward from the storage chamber into upright position inregistry with the window opening, means supporting said deflector forswinging movement about an axis at its forward edge, from uprightposition into outwardly swung operative position, generally triangularvanes hingedly secured along the upper and lower edges of the deflector,to lie close thereto when in the storage chambenand means to secure saidvanes to the door to maintain the delector in operative position, and toclose the space between the top and bottom edges of the deflector andthe window opening when the deector is in operative position.

4. In combination with an automobile door or the like having a windowopening and a slotted sill affording access to a storage chamberAtherebeneath, a wind defiector movable froman inoperative position,disposed within the storage chamber, through the sill slot intooperative position adjacent to an edge of and inclined at an angle tothe window opening, a closure disposed upon the upper edge of thedeflector to close its slot when the deilector is in inoperativeposition, and a member mounted on the deector to close its slot when thedeiiector is in operative position.

5. In combination with a window casing having a slotted sill and astorage chamber therebeneath, a wind defiector storable in and movableupward from said storage chamber through the sill into registry with thewindow opening, a cover plate for the sill slot through which the winddeiiector is movable, a releasable catch to maintain said cover plateclosed, and spring means operable upon release of said catch to removesaid cover plate'and to project said deilector from its slot.

6. In combination with a window casing having a sill and a storagechamber therebeneath, a wind deilector storable in and movable upwardfrom said storage chamber into registry with the window opening', andmeans including trunnion posts at top and bottom of the deflector, andsockets therefor at top and bottom of the window opening, for supportingsaid deflector to permit its rear edge toV swing, when the deflector isin registry with the window opening, outwardly thereof.

'7. In combination with a structure having a window opening therein, awind delector movable between an operative position adjacent to one edgeof and at an angle to such window opening, and an inoperative positionoutside the projection of such opening, and means for maintaining thedeflector in operative position comprising stii, generally triangularvanes mounted upon the top and bottom edges of the deiiector for fillingthe angles at top and bottom between the deiiector edges and the windowopening, when the deflector is in operative position.

8. In combination with a window casing having a slotted sill and astorage chamber therebeneath, a wind delector movable upward from thestorage chamber through the sill into upright position in registry withthe window opening, a stiff, generally triangular vane hingedly securedto the bottom edge of said deflector, to lie close thereto for passagethrough the Slotted sill, and to swing into a plane substantially normalto said deiiector when the latter is moved into operative position, andmeans for securing said vane to the window Icasing to maintain thedeilector in operative position, and the vane extended over said slot toclose the same.

9. In combination with a window casing having a slotted sillV and astorage chamber therebeneath, a window glass slidable through the sillfrom said storage chamber into the window opening, a hollow post, a winddeector mounted thereon and movable therewith upward from the storagechamber through the sill into registry with the window opening, adeflector-raising spring engaging said post when the delector isreceived within the storage chamber, a catch holding said post anddeflector down in opposition to the spring when received within thestorage chamber, and a rod extending downward through said hollow post,and operable to release said catch 35 for projection of the deiiector bysaid spring.

ALBERT P. ROBINSON.

